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The Prince and I: to many, the African Hebrew Israelites are just an offbeat fringe cult with odd customs. No meat! No caffeine! No medicine! No Chanukah! Multiple Wives! But spend the day with them and you'll find out a whole lot more.
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American Jewish Life Magazine
- Article date:
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March 1, 2007
- Author:
- Cohen, Benyamin
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At this precise moment in time, I find myself sitting wedged between two princes of the African Hebrew Israelite community in the backseat of a brand new white Cadillac Deville winding our way through Southwest Atlanta. Smoke from the exhaust billows out the back on this chilly November day as we wait at a red light by some dusty train tracks and what appears to be an abandoned crack house. As the light turns green, I ask Prince Asiel, the royalty to my left, if he has any children. He tells me he has 15, which is not such an astonishing number once you hear what he tells me next. "Well, you know, from four wives."
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